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1. Bon Voyage
2. Keep Calm in Face of Adversity
3. Cooperation / Collaboration
7. Safety and Well-Being of the Family
9. Preparation Yields No Fear or Worries
10. Protector
11. Safe / Secure
12. Safe and Sound
一路平安 is a wish for someone to have a pleasant journey.
It's probably the closest way to translate “bon voyage” into Chinese.
The first two characters mean one road or one path. The second two characters mean “safe and sound” or “without mishap.”
一路平安 means the same thing in Japanese but is not the most common selection for a wall scroll.
失意泰然 is a very old Japanese proverb that suggests “keeping calm and collected at times of disappointment,” or “maintaining a serene state of mind when faced with adversity.”
It's hard to relate individual character meanings to the overall meaning unless you also understand Japanese grammar. The word order is very different than English. That being said, here's the character meaning breakdown:
失 To miss, lose or fail.
意 Feelings, thoughts, meaning.
泰 Safe, peaceful.
然 Like that, in that way, however, although.
Using these definitions in English, we might say, “Although you may fail or lose, have a feeling of peace and calm.”
協作 is a Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean word that means cooperation or collaboration.
Cooperation is working together and sharing the load. When we cooperate, we join with others to do things that cannot be done alone. We are willing to follow the rules which keep everyone safe and happy. Together we can accomplish great things.
The first character means “united” or “to coordinate.” The second character means “to do,” “to make,” or “to compose.” Knowing this, you can understand why together, these characters create a word that can be defined as “cooperation” in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
It is implied that you are cooperating to create some project or product.
See Also: Partnership
飛虎隊 is the full Chinese title of the “Flying Tigers Group.”
These were the American pilots that volunteered to go to China and fight the Japanese before the entry of the USA into World War Two. These fighter pilots were so esteemed in China that fallen American pilots could always find refuge in villages and safe passage and escape to areas of China that were not occupied by Japan at that time. Chinese villagers helped such fallen pilots with full knowledge that when the Japanese occupation forces found out, all the men, women, and children in the village would be massacred by Japanese troops (there are more than a few known cases of such massacres).
The Flying Tigers successfully kept supply lines to the Chinese resistance open and divided Japanese forces at a crucial time while America prepared to join WWII officially.
A wall scroll like this honors the men who risked or gave their lives as noble volunteers and is a reminder of the best moment in the history of Sino-American relations.
These three characters literally mean “flying tiger(s) group/team/squad.”
Note: Hanging these characters on your wall will not make you any friends with Japanese people who are aware or this history (most Japanese have no idea, as Japan’s involvement in WWII has all but been erased from school textbooks in Japan).
匿 means to hide, shelter, or shield.
If you imagine a safe place shielded from danger and trouble, this could be the character for you.
生きる is a Japanese title that means to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to come to life, or to be enlivened.
生きる is also the title of a 1952 Japanese movie that uses the translated English title of “To Live.”
This term, when used in the context of baseball, and some Japanese games such as “go,” can mean “safe.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Kanai Anzen
家內安全 is the Japanese way of saying “Family First.”
It's a Japanese proverb about the safety and well-being of your family and/or peace and prosperity in the household.
Some Japanese will hang an amulet in their home with these Kanji. The purpose is to keep your family safe from harm.
According to Shinto followers, hanging this in your home is seen as an invocation to God to always keep family members free from harm.
We were looking for a way to say “family first” in Japanese when this proverb came up in the conversation and research. While it doesn't say “family first,” it shows that the safety and well-being of your family is your first or most important priority. So, this proverb is the most natural way to express the idea that you put your family first.
See Also: Peace and Prosperity
大丈夫 is a Chinese, Korean, and Japanese title that means a manly man, a man of character, a great man, or a fine figure of a man.
In Japanese, this can also be used to mean safe, all right, alright, OK, sure, or “no problem.” Used in Japanese for something that is undoubted or very acceptable.
有備無患 means “When you are well-prepared, you have nothing to fear.”
Noting that the third character means “no” or “without” and modifies the last... The last character can mean misfortune, troubles, worries, or fears. It could even be stretched to mean sickness. Therefore you can translate this proverb in a few ways. I've also seen it translated as “Preparedness forestalls calamities.”
有備無患 is comparable to the English idiom, “Better safe than sorry,” but does not directly/literally mean this.
保護者 is the universal word for protector in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
The first character means to defend, to protect, to insure or guarantee, to maintain, hold or keep, or to guard.
The second character means to protect.
Together the first and second characters create a word that means to defend, protect, or safeguard.
The last character means person.
Add all three characters together, and you have a word that means “protector,” one who will protect, guard, and keep you safe.
Some will also translate this word as guardian or patron.
Note: Not a common selection for a wall scroll in Asia.
See Also: Guardian Angel
安全 is the word that represents the idea of safety and security in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Everyone wants to have some form of safety in their lives. This conveys how important the feeling of safety and security is to you.
This proverb means “safe and sound without toil or trouble.”
It kind of means that all is well with a feeling of complete safety. The ideas contained in these characters include well-being, peace, tranquility, quietness, calmness, and non-problematic.
This word means “safe and sound” in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Can also be translated as well-being, peace, tranquility, quietness, and calmness.
Note: There is also a longer four-character version in our calligraphy database.
See Also: Tranquility | Peace
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Bon Voyage | 一路平安 | ichiro heian ichiroheian | yī lù píng ān yi1 lu4 ping2 an1 yi lu ping an yilupingan | i lu p`ing an ilupingan i lu ping an |
Keep Calm in Face of Adversity | 失意泰然 | shitsuitaizen | ||
Cooperation Collaboration | 協作 协作 | kyou saku / kyousaku / kyo saku | xié zuò / xie2 zuo4 / xie zuo / xiezuo | hsieh tso / hsiehtso |
Flying Tigers AVG | 飛虎隊 飞虎队 | fēi hǔ duì fei1 hu3 dui4 fei hu dui feihudui | fei hu tui feihutui |
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Hide Shelter Shield | 匿 | toku | nì / ni4 / ni | |
Ikiru To Live | 生きる | ikiru | ||
Safety and Well-Being of the Family | 家內安全 家内安全 | ka nai an zen kanaianzen | ||
Man of Character | 大丈夫 | dai jou bu / daijoubu / dai jo bu | dà zhàng fu da4 zhang4 fu5 da zhang fu dazhangfu | ta chang fu tachangfu |
Preparation Yields No Fear or Worries | 有備無患 有备无患 | yǒu bèi wú huàn you3 bei4 wu2 huan4 you bei wu huan youbeiwuhuan | yu pei wu huan yupeiwuhuan |
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Protector | 保護者 保护者 | hogosha | bǎo hù zhě bao3 hu4 zhe3 bao hu zhe baohuzhe | pao hu che paohuche |
Safe Secure | 安全 | an zen / anzen | ān quán / an1 quan2 / an quan / anquan | an ch`üan / anchüan / an chüan |
Safe and Sound | 平安無事 平安无事 | heian buji / heianbuji | píng ān wú shì ping2 an1 wu2 shi4 ping an wu shi pinganwushi | p`ing an wu shih pinganwushih ping an wu shih |
Safe and Sound | 平安 | heian | píng ān / ping2 an1 / ping an / pingan | p`ing an / pingan / ping an |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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of art alive.
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